I've started watching HBO's new show, True Detective and it is a dense, humid show.

From Adam Arkapaw's grimy cinematography, to the constantly sweaty appearances of both Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, and the swampy bayous of Louisiana, there is something about the style of this show that is truly transcendent and captures the mood and feel of the US south that I can't get over.

The above titles, directed by Patrick Claire, an artist I've been following for several years again gets to the core of this kind of a show.

And I have to give props to the sound designers and how they've mixed present day McConaughey's voice, it's so deep and baritone.  It's awesome.

That there's only 8 episodes in this series might be too few...

Issue 02 of the iPad Magazine I publish on behalf of the Australian Director's Guild has been published to the Newsstand.

Inside I interview director Jessica Hobbs, Bob Connolly has included his Harvey Weinstein address, Stephen Wallace shares Part 2 of his history of the ADG and Mike Hoath's film Crosshairs is featured.

You can check it out here.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/screen-director/id689927170?mt=8

Steven Soderbergh gives an amazing talk on the future of cinema and the absurdity of the studio system's business model.  

My friend Suzanne Barton works for Creativity Australia, and she asked me to go along and take some photos of yesterday's gathering of Sydney Sings, a community choir. Here are some photos